Meet the speakers (Boston 2021)

Day One (Tues 9 Nov)

Day One Keynote (8:30AM, Tues 9 Nov)

Dennis Lippmann

CEO & President, thyssenkrupp Uhde USA

Serving the large-scale hydrogen and ammonia market – Expansion to 5 GW of annual electrolyzer manufacturing

Session One: Ammonia Production – a project showcase
(9 – 10:30 AM, Tues 9 Nov)

Sameer Parvathikar

Technology Advancement & Commercialization,
RTI International

Next Generation Technology Integration Platform for Low- and Zero-Carbon Ammonia Production and Utilization

 

Linda Thrasher

President & Co-founder,
Greenfield Nitrogen

The First Industrial Scale Pure Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant

Richard Boardman

Laboratory Relationship Manager (Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Office),
Idaho National Laboratory

Ammonia: A New Business for Nuclear Energy

 

Moderated by Trevor Brown

Executive Director,
AEA

Session Two: Future Ammonia Tech
(11:00 AM – 1:00PM, Tues 9 Nov)

Derek Miller

Process Safety Director,
Air Products

Electrolyser integration into a large green ammonia facility: potential hazards and mitigation strategies

Seonghoon Woo

Co-founder & CEO,
Amogy

Ammonia-based Clean Energy System with Ultra-High Energy Density

Mauricio Medici

New Business Development Manager,
Stamicarbon

Stami Green Ammonia to play a key role in decarbonizing the fertilizer industry

Rachel Gregg

Research and Development Engineer,
Starfire Energy

Starfire Energy’s Rapid Ramp modular ammonia plant development status and trajectory

 

Matt Palys

Postdoctoral Associate,
University of Minnesota

Renewable Ammonia for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture: Sector Coupling for Economic Competitiveness

 

 

John Kutsch

Executive Director,
Thorium Energy Alliance

The Bridge to 100% Nuclear Hydrogen, Enabling Pure Ammonia

Moderated by Kevin Rouwenhorst

Technology Manager,
AEA

 

Lunchtime Workshops
(1:00 – 3:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)

Session Three: Moving & Storing Ammonia Energy
(3:30 – 5:30PM, Tues 9 Nov)

Hans Vrijenhoef

Chairman of Management Board, Proton Ventures

Ammonia: the inevitable fuel for future

Justin Louchheim

Senior Director (Government Affairs),
The Fertilizer Institute

Ammonia logistics

Megan Acker

Senior Manager (Business Development),
NuStar Energy

Pipeline Transportation of Ammonia – Helping to Bridge the Gap to a Carbon Free Future

Oliver Hatfield

VP Business Development,
Argus Media

Country traded ammonia logistics and storage, present and future

Moderated by Trevor Brown

Executive Director,
AEA

Drinks Reception (5:30 – 7:30PM, Marriott Copley)

Day Two (Wed 10 Nov)

Breakfast Workshops
(8:30 – 10:30AM, Wed 10 Nov)

Day Two Keynote (11AM, Wed 10 Nov)

Jon Carmack

Senior Technical Advisor,
Office of Nuclear Energy

Delivering a net-zero energy system in the United States

Session Four: New Ammonia Power Systems
(11:30AM – 1PM, Wed 10 Nov)

Sireesha Aluri

Development Specialist,
Linde

Impact of ammonia as a fuel / co-fuel on NOx emissions

Glenn Lansford

Sr. VP & Managing Director,
IHI Americas

IHI’s Development of Ammonia Combustions Technologies / Fuel Ammonia and Hydrogen Solutions

 

John F Pierce

Partner,
Stroock, Stroock & Lavan LLP

Green Ammonia Opportunities in Utility Resilience/Storage and Logistics

 

Ricky Sakai

VP of New Business Development,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America

Hydrogen/Ammonia Solution Ecosystem

 

Moderated by Ganesan Subbaraman

Institute Fellow,
GTI

Lunchtime Workshops
(1:00 – 3:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)

Session Five: Ammonia Cracking – new technologies
(3:30 – 5:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)

Igor Egana

Business Development Manager,
H2SITE

Catalytic Membrane Reactor for H2-Production from Ammonia

Suman Khatiwada

CTO & Co-founder,
Syzygy Plasmonics

Photocatalytic Decomposition of Ammonia

Rasmus Nielsen

R&D Senior Manager,
Haldor Topsøe A/S

The Future of Ammonia Cracking

Joe Beach

Chief Technical Officer,
Starfire Energy

Starfire Energy’s Prometheus ammonia cracking technology

Moderated by
Craig Cain-Borgman

Manager (Technology Incubation, Americas),
BASF

 

Day Three (Thurs 11 Nov)

Day Three Keynote (8:30AM, Thurs 11 Nov)

Conor Fürstenberg Stott

Maritime Director,
AEA

Maritime Ammonia Fuel – Stepping Forward

Session Six: Ammonia Production – a technical showcase
(9 – 11AM, Thurs 11 Nov)

Raffaele Ostuni

Department Head Gas Technologies, R&D Division,
Casale

Dynamic Analysis of Flex-gNH3 – a Green Ammonia Synthesis Process

Alon McCormick

Professor,
University of Minnesota

Optimizing absorption to improve Haber-Bosch synthesis

 

Gerd Behme

Sales Director,
Grandperspective

Improving operational safety in ammonia installations by a remote early warning system

 

 

Zac Cesaro

PhD student / R&D Engineer,
Oxford University / Siemens Energy

The role of green ammonia in sector coupling and seasonal electricity storage

Henry Ma

Business Development and Sales Manager (USA),
Cummins

Scaling Up H2 Electrolyzer Technology to Create a Sustainable Future

Xavier Lara

Senior Vice President (CSP),
Pacific Green Technologies

How to reduce the LCoA of green NH3 with hybrid CSP-PV plants

Moderated by Kevin Rouwenhorst

Technology Manager,
AEA

 

Session Seven: Certification
(11:30AM – 1:00PM, Thurs 11 Nov)

Chris Lawson

Head of Fertilizers,
CRU Group

Quantifying the emissions footprint of the nitrogen industry

Ana Angel

Manager,
Hincio

Hinicio & CertifHy

Jonathan Cocker

Partner,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Towards Global Ammonia Energy Certification Standards

Moderated by Trevor Brown

Executive Director,
AEA